They say everything’s bigger in Texas, and this weekend, the saying holds true when the UFC brings UFC 136 to Houston.
I may be in the minority, but UFC 136 has the best fight card of the year, and I’m prepared to plead my case.
Before you start commenting below and telling me how great of a fight card UFC 137 is or how stacked the cards were for UFC 129, 132 and 134, I already know.
UFC 129, 132 and 134 all had phenomenal fight cards with title fights and exciting bouts, and as for UFC 137, Georges St-Pierre vs. Carlos Condit, B.J. Penn vs. Nick Diaz, Cheick Kongo vs. Matt Mitrione and Mirko Cro Cop vs. Roy Nelson are all pivotal, exciting match-ups. But did that fight card have two title fights and two potential No. 1 contender bouts?
From Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard going to war for a third time to Jose Aldo defending his title against Kenny Florian to Melvin Guillard potentially becoming the new No. 1 contender, this fight card is beyond stacked.
Whoops, I forgot to mention the other No. 1 contender match between Brian Stann and the returning Chael Sonnen.
I’m just saying this fight card is nasty, and anytime you have Anthony Pettis not featured on the main card, the card has to be amazing. These are the five reasons UFC 136 will be the biggest PPV event of the year.